Is Blood Thicker Than Water(-and-Earth)? Partisanship Geography in Imperial China and the Limits of Quantitative History


Yao Lin  ahzner@gmail.com
ORCID: 0000-0002-8254-8939

April 25, 2025

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

This folder contains three sub-directories: (1) code, (2) data, and (3) tables. In addition, the folder contains this _README.txt file and a data codebook.

- _README.txt - This file lists all files and compute environment dependencies necessary to verify the results from this manuscript.
- Codebook_Lin_Res.pdf - Codebook for extend.dta included in the data folder.
- Data Dictionary.pdf - original codebook for Wang APSR Master Data.dta provided by paper "Is Blood Thicker Than Water" included in the data folder.

CODE/

The code directory contains the scripts needed to reproduce every table in the main manuscript and the supplemental information. (Scripts that contain /**/ correspond to tables from the supplemental information.)

To reproduce any of the tables, open Master do file, all.do. At the top of the script, define the path to this replication folder, which is used to define sub-directories. The STATA14SE contains all packages needed for reproducing the results.
 - Master do file, all.do -Code to construct all the tables in the manuscript and supplemental information

DATA/

The data directory contains datasets required to reproduce the tables. All datasets are saved as .dta files. We give the datasets informative titles consistent with the name of the do file. Contents of the data are detailed in the Codebook. 

 - Wang APSR Master Data.dta  - The original data provided by paper "Is Blood Thicker Than Water"

 - extend.dta  - Additional data 


TABLES/

Files for the tables produced by the scripts. All tables are produced as doc files.

  - main manuscript tables2-3.doc tables5-8.doc  
  
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COMPUTE ENVIRONMENT:

Operating system - Windows 11 Home Versions 23H2
Statistical software versions - StataSE 14 (64-bit) 
Estimated run time - 2min

